Magnetic motor



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Patented Aug. 16, 1932 i UNITED STATI-:s

PATENT oFFlca WILLIAI E. MASTEBSON, 0F BURGER, TEXAS, ASSIGNOB 0F ONE-THIRD T0 I. L. AND ONE-THIRD TO 3.1. ROBERTS, BOTH 0l' BORGEB, TEXAS nmamiz'rrc Horen.

Application tiled April 5,

This invention has for its object, the provision of a simple but effective magnetic or im ulse motor.

n the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the distributors Figure 3 is a transverse section through the stator v and attendant parts Figure 4 is a circuit diagram.

The stator includes a frame or casing 1 provided with anti-friction bearings 2 in which is journaled a main shaft 3 provided with any desired number of radial arms 4 carrying armatures 5. Preferably there are three sets of arms 4, there being four arms in each set. The arms 4 and the armatures 5 move in operative relation to electro-magnets 6 on the frame or casing 1, there being three rows of electro-magnets, if desired, and there being four electro-magnets in each row.

On one end of the shaft 3, or on an desired part of the shaft, there is a gear whee 7 meshmg with a gear wheel 8 on a shaft 9 supported for rotation on the 'frame or casing 1.

Housings 11 are mounted on the casing 1. In each housing is located a conducting rlng 12, and a pluralit of segments 14, the ring and the se ents being engaged by a brush 15 on the s aft 9. A conductor 16 is joined f to each of the segments 14, and is connected to the winding of the electro-magnets 6. The last electro-magnet in each row is grounded as shown at 17. The conducting r' 12 is connected at 18'to a conductor 19 leling to a source of electrical energy (not shown). In practical operation, current flows through the conductor 19 to the ringsv 12, and the brushes 15 carry the current across into the segments 14,. the current 4passing thence into the windings of the electro-magnets 6. When the magnetsy 6 are energized, they attract the armatures 5 and impart rotation to the shaft 3, it being possible to take power o the shaft 3 for any desired purpose. The circuit is completed from the electromagnets 6 to the ground at 17. The timers shown in Figure 4 are so arranged as to give mso. serial n. 442,020.

the shaft 3 a large number of impulses at *each revolution.A

Havin thusy described the invention, what is claime is:

1. A motor of the class described, comprising a frame, a main'shaft journaled on the frame, armatures carried by the main shaft, electro-magnets on the frame in operan each of the segments and connected to one endv rof the series-windin of the electro-magnets,

and a lead connecte to the conducting ring.

2. A motor of the class described, comprising a frame, a housing on the frame, a main shaft journaled on the frame, arms project-ing from` the main shaft, armatures on the outer ends of the arms, inwardlyextended electro-magnets on the frame and disposed out of radial relation with respect to the main shaft, the electro-ma ets coo rating with the armatures and aving t eir windings connected in series, a second shaft journaled on the frame and in the housing, a conducting ring and a plurality of segments carried by the housing and disposed about the second shaft, a brush on the second shaft, the brush engaging the yring and being engageable with the segments, a conductor joined to each of the segments and connected to one end of the series-winding of the electro-V magnets, and a lead connected to the conductl WILLIAM E. MASTERSON. 

